thejanuarylove

As I said, I'm still new to it! I just figured Six Flags trip since we have the season passes. I've read about some of the others. DK to MM is about 5 hours according to google maps. Now I'm questioning it. We just want cool coasters! Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated!

Wow! Lots of good tips, thanks for the quick replies. We were going to stick with Six Flags this year since we have a season pass with parking. We read Magic Mountain is always number 2 next to Cedar Point, so we figured we would drive there, spend a couple days in Portland (husband has family there, sister's birthday) and then head down and hit DK on the way. We love road trips. Then we heard about Great Adventure being good, etc. I wanted to know more about the clones because if every coaster at say, La Ronde, was somewhere else, we wouldn't need to hit that one. I know it may be silly just to go to Six Flags, but we really want to milk that season pass! Thanks for that website with the list of every coaster, should be interesting!

Hey guys, I'm new here, and sorta new to roller coasters. I'm from Minneapolis, MN and we have a smaller park by Cedar Fair called Valley Fair here. My husband and I always knew we liked roller coasters, so we decided to make a road trip to Cedar Point on September 15, 2013. It was awesome, but we didn't know what we were doing at the time. We bought fast lane passes online, but we ended up just walking onto every ride without needing to use them, so that was disappointing. On the way home, we drove past Six Flags Great America near Chicago and started planning that road trip. We got gold season passes + parking (split with 2 other people so they were the cheapest) and we went on October 12, 13, 14, 2013. And that was super awesome! Now, we're addicted. We're planning on road tripping to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Magic Mountain in May (we think). And then going east in August to Six Flags Great Adventure, New England, America, and Great Escape. We've heard Great Adventure is one of the best, so if we go there, why not go to the ones nearby as well? Six Flags tour 2014! (and perhaps a Cedar Fair tour 2015?) After looking at all the rides at all the Six Flags parks, and upon some further research, we have come across the Batman The Ride and Superman Ultimate Flight clones. If I remember correctly, B:TR is also called "Great White" at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. So, we're curious. Are there any other rides that have the exact same track that are at more than one Six Flags location? Also, does anyone have any info about what specific days to go to each of these parks? I know the typical weekdays in the summer. But when we went to Cedar Point on a Sunday in mid-September (first weekend of Halloweekends), it was dead. When we went to Six Flags Great America on Saturday and Sunday in mid-October, it was packed, 2-3 hour wait times. Monday (columbus day - no school) was less busy, but still had 60 minute wait times. Discovery Kingdom is only open on weekends, so we were thinking to go there on Friday (closes at 6pm, but school is still in session), and then Magic Mountain on Sunday (closes at 8pm). I googled it and people said the best window to go is after easter and before memorial day. Since we're making a trip out of it and doing it specifically for these parks, we may just have to get the Gold or Platinum pass if Magic Mountain is usually always busy. TL;DR Are there any other clones besides SUF and B:TR that are at more than one park? Any good info on best times to go to Magic Mountain or Great Adventure? Thanks!!